Ray Chan (businessman)

Ray Chan Chin-ching (born 1984) is a Hong Kong businessman, known for being the CEO and co-founder of entertainment online platform 9GAG. Along with his team of four based in Hong Kong, he started the website as a side project.

Personal life
Chan’s first job upon graduation from the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong was in the legal department of a bank. Following that, he became an anchor as well as a reporter for Now TV. Soon after, he worked at an information technology company as a project manager. In 2007, he joined aNobii as a product manager. While working for this firm he launched 9GAG as a side project and in 2011 he quit his job to focus on it.

9GAG was Chan's first successful website; before 9GAG, he established a website to share cosmetics and a website for information on electrical appliances, both of which failed.

Education
During his university days at the University of Hong Kong, Chan was a member of the university lacrosse team and a captain of the university debate team.

Chan grew up in Hong Kong where he and his family lived in a public housing estate.

Speaking
Given his experience and entrepreneurial expertise, Chan is often invited to share his story at various events and places. He was Unusual speaker at ContentStealer one-day conference at CoCoon and featured at the ‘Echelon 2014: The Pulse of Asia's Innovation’ event and also at the ICT New Waves Symposium in 2013. In addition, he has been invited to universities in Hong Kong including his alma mater, as well as Polytechnic University as a speaker. Lastly, he has made many an appearance on YouTube channels such as DailySocialTV and Last Business Blog.